Editorial Board

The Editorial Board is the official opinion of the Georgetown Voice. Its current composition can be found on the masthead. The Board strives to publish critical analyses of events at both Georgetown and in the wider D.C. community. We welcome everyone from all backgrounds and experience levels to join us!

Editorials

Students’ inboxes far too eventful

If the University thinks its students have time to read the numerous broadcast e-mails they send out for announcements and events, they should think again. The meager 20 megabyte inboxes... Read more

By the April 23, 2009

Editorials

Time to take pollution down to zero

In 1989, broadcast television behemoth Ted Turner created Captain Planet, a cartoon character whose mission was to make the world eco-friendly by influencing young people with his mantra, “The power... Read more

By the April 23, 2009

Editorials

Squabbling Saps GUSA Confidence

Late last night, GUSA finally passed the Fall 2009 budget for all student funding boards on campus. The budget was approved in late February and has been stalling in the... Read more

By the April 23, 2009

Editorials

Obama lays a foundation in Gaston

In the most closely watched macroeconomics lecture in the school’s history, President Barack Obama spoke on campus Tuesday to defend the first three months of his administration’s economic policy and... Read more

By the April 16, 2009

Editorials

Censorship unacceptable on campus

Though it carried a warning that the reader should “chill out” and take the articles lightly, The Hoya’s April Fools’ issue has provoked a wave of criticism by Georgetown students... Read more

By the April 16, 2009

Editorials

Let D.C. gays walk down the aisle

Headlines around the country last week heralded actions taken by the state supreme court of Iowa and the Vermont state legislature that legalized same-sex marriages. Though its actions received less... Read more

By the April 16, 2009

Editorials

Vandalism is attack on community

During the last few months, Georgetown’s campus has seen a slew of vandalism that clearly goes beyond typical acts of drunken buffoonery. The two separate incidents of defacement of the... Read more

By the April 2, 2009

Editorials

New bus route is punch to the GUT

Students who took the GUTS bus to Dupont Circle last weekend were in for a not-so-pleasant surprise. According to University spokesperson Julie Green Bataille, Georgetown tested for the first time... Read more

By the April 2, 2009

Editorials

Boathouse should not be a priority

Last week, the Voice reported that Georgetown has spent nearly $1 million out of its operating budget since 2005 to lobby for the rights to build a boathouse on the... Read more

By the April 2, 2009

Editorials

Information is power: keep GU safe

On Saturday, Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson sent an email notifying the Georgetown community of the recent defacement of the Blessed Mother statue on Copley lawn—the third act... Read more

By the March 26, 2009